There are calls for a significant and urgent injection of $40 million in funding to tackle Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) following Monday night’s Four Corners episode. ...

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Telethon Kids Institute & Menzies School of Health Research will lead an international project to develop a diagnostic tool for acute rheumatic fever. ...

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Leading paediatrician, infectious diseases specialist and Executive Director of the Telethon Kids Institute, Professor Jonathan Carapetis, has been recognised for his significant contribution towards medical research with the award of Member of the Order of Australia (AM). ...

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• 2018
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Rheumatic heart disease, a deadly yet entirely preventable heart disease taking the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, is finally on the verge of elimination thanks to new research ...

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• 2020
• September

After being diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease at ten, Elizabeth had to leave country and her family for a large chunk of her childhood so she could be treated in Adelaide. ...

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